Free speech absolutist Elon Musk threatens to upset the entire apple cart by exposing just how far-reaching the efforts have been to silence voices on the right, which helps explain why he has become Public Enemy #1 for the left.
On Monday, he teased the release of files that will reveal just how extensive Twitter’s efforts have been to suppress free speech.
“The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened …, the new Twitter boss tweeted.
The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon to be published on Twitter itself. The public deserves to know what really happened …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2022
Musk would follow up on that with this offering: “This is a battle for the future of civilization. If free speech is lost even in America, tyranny is all that lies ahead.”
As any rational American would agree, there was no greater example of censorship than the reaction to the Hunter Biden laptop story in the run-up to the 2020 election, with polling showing that the outcome would have been different had there been honest reporting on the contents of the laptop.
Musk responded to a social media user suggesting that he make public all the internal discussions on the matter to say, “This is necessary to restore public trust.”
This is necessary to restore public trust
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022
In a prelude to the forthcoming free speech files, Twitter recently announced, “Effective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy.”
The social media platform also shared the following statistics:
One thing is certain here, Elon Musk has everyone’s attention — here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story from Twitter:
THIS is why they are freaking out about @elonmusk taking over Twitter. THIS. RIGHT. HERE. https://t.co/d6s868mLz9
— John Rich (@johnrich) November 28, 2022
All because they suspended the Babylon Bee https://t.co/NiWhU8E1lZ
— Eliza (@elizableu) November 28, 2022
This is big https://t.co/uoiIGLEusR
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) November 28, 2022
You have my attention… https://t.co/TXvxTlvGfW
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) November 28, 2022
He is going to end up needing as many lawyers as Trump, no? https://t.co/6gGGMZlNOI
— (((Howard Forman))) (sarcasm/parody) (@thehowie) November 28, 2022
Wow. Pale Rider is really going to try and rescue free speech and the public square. I’m here for it. Thank you. https://t.co/caW9ZJNIh8
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) November 28, 2022
— drefanzor memes (@drefanzor) November 28, 2022
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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